Rerailing device



Dec. 3o, 1930. A, T SEXE 1,787,329

RRAILING DEVICE Dec. 30, 1930. A. T. sx-:xE

RERAILING DEVICE Filed Sept. 3. 1930 2 SheetS--Shee4 2 Patented Dec. 3c, 1930 Y PATENT .orricn AMMON T. SEXE, or HILLS, MINNESOTA v RERAILING DEVICE Appneation inea september s, 1930. serial No. 479,549.

"This invention relates to devices whereby derailed cars maybe guided back upon the rails ot the track andjparticularly to devices oi this character having certain improved features whereby the rerailing is effected and which is so Constructed that it may be readi- Y ly applied to the rails of a track and clamped f thereon on either side ot' the track so as to V guide the wheels thereon.

Other objects will appear in the course of the ,fol-lowing description.

` vMyinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein e Figure 1 is a top plan'view of myfrerailin'gdevice, one ofthe guideways being partly broke'n'away; f

Figure 2 isa longitudinal elevation of the element B; i f

Figure 3 is a longitudinal elevation of the element A; i p

Figure 4 is an elevation ot the element A Y looking from the Ainside of the track toward ment A;

' Figure 1.`

the element; 'Y p v Figure 5 `1s an vend elevation ot the ele- `Figure 6 is an opposite' end elevation of the element K y VFigure 7 is as'ection onthe line 7 7 of ftfwill be seen fromr these, drawingsthat inyrerailer consists of two wheel guiding elements, one designated A- and one B. These elementsA and B are alike but reversed with relation tol each other. Each element consistsfot a hollow castingthough I do not wish `to be limited to this, the casting being 'formed to provide ari-'upper longitudinally extending.l inner slightly bowed upper sur- ,tace 10 which extends the entire length of the casting or element, the bowed portion bef ing slightly flattened midway of the ends of theeleinent. Forming a vertical wall to this 'fiattened portion 11 is a shoulder 12 defining 'an upper surface 13 which is bowed and graduallyfmerges into the surface 10 at the ends .joftheaportionf13; Extending approximately E lrom'voiieend of the casting inward and towardtlie iniddle'thereot is a'lshoulder 14:

Y"which at its middleis approximately coincident with theshoulder 12. TheV casting is also formed to provide an upwardly extending tace or shoulder which starts from one end of the casting to the middle thereof and is relatively straight 'tor nearly its ent-ire length.

The shoulder 14 in front of this shoulder 15 is rounded inward at 1G, this bevel or rounded surface gradually increasing in its angle as at 17 as it nears the end or the shoulder 15. The extremity of the shoulder 15 is rounded oit' or beveled oli as at 18. The shoulder defines an upper surface 19`which slants upward toward the middle of the block and is cut o' or terminates at Q0 in a vertical shoulder. Adjacent the extremities ot the casting, the upper face of the casting is cut down to form ledges 217 one at each end ot the casting and the extremities of the casting are "formed with sockets 22. Associated with the elements or castings 10 are the guideways designated generally 23, each of these guideways being wider at its outer end than at its inner end kand the inner end of each guideway being slightly rounded as at 24. rFhe upper 'ace'otl each guideway is formed with guide channels which converge toward the upper end or small lend ot' each guideway.

Below' the upper or small end of each guideway,v there is a cross piece 26 which is formed with dowels 27 somewhat smaller than thevsockets 22 but adapted to be engaged therewith.- Inasmuch as the socketsL are smaller than the dowels, it follows that the guideways '23 may be shifted into differentv angular relations yto the castings 10 and yet maintain connection therewith. Thus either edge or a guideway may be disposed against a rail X or Y. The castings are of such length as to rest upon the ties and the guideways are beveled at their lower ends so as to come closeto the roadway or ballast ot the road so as to permit the car wheels to be guided up the guideways on to the elements A and l and thence on to the rails.

The elements A and B are clamped in place upon the rails X and Y 'bymeans of the clamps 28,`v each clamphaving a ,head 29 atone endy and a higher head 30 at the opposite end. This higher head is placed eXteriorly of the element with which the clamps are as sooiated and the shimsV or wedges 31 are disposed between the head and the element A or as the case may be. Thus the rerail- `.ing elements are clamped securelyin placey against any movement while the wheels of a car are being guided up on the rails. v

In the use of this device asV illustrated in the drawings, it is obvious that the carV wheel which is to be guided upon the rail X needs only 'to have its tread raised tol a position vwhere its tread will engageuponlthe rail X,

thetread face of the rail-X.'v On' the opposite` side of the track, however, the flange Vof the Wheel will ri'de'upon the guideway while the j tread of4 the wheel ride upon the upper facefdefined by the .shoulder l5 while the vfiange rides up the inclined face 17 on to the face l6, and this willbringfthe flangelevel with the upper surface ofthe rail Fso* that thus the. flange can roll lright against this upper surface of therail.` y. 1

By providinga vpair ofthese rerailers `.for each pair of Vwheels-vor for each truck, the wheels of the car may be readily guided into place on'the rails'from'practically any' angle.k It will be seen that the guideways 23 l arecap'able of av slight ylateral motion relative f tothe elements A and B, thepurpose of this lateral motion being toiV automatically A* guide the wheels ofthe derailed trainen to the elements A and B. Under normal circumstances, each of the elements A and B will be g about .thirty-six inches Llong and have a height equal to the height of the rail and the bridges or guideways 23 will ordinarily be about eighty inches wide by about twentyA inches n longf All of the parts are to be made of steel.

, It will beun'derstood that the said guide'- way will widen out so that the intake will be i about twenty inches wide. Y

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l L ,y l; Meansfor rerailing car wheels comprisving-,an element; adapted to be disposedlengthwise of a railand having a substantially straight lateral face adapted to bear'againstV and less in height than the side: of a rail, the

element being so'formed fromV one. endV to its mid'dlefas tov receive aflange of a car wheel and guide theflange of the wheel laterally toward' the. rail with yits'treadV disposed ona level with thelrail, the element beingiso Vformed from its other end tojfit's `middle as.A to engageandiraise the tread vflange will ride ,over the` of, a wheel, bringing the flange thereof level with the f upper face of the rail and engage the ange to force the Wheel laterally to permit the flange' to roll over the upperface'of the rail. v

V2. Means for rerailing car wheels comprising an element adapted to be disposed lengthwise of and against a rail, said' element havingv a substantially straight lateral face adapted to bear against but being less in heighttha'n' the side face of the rail, the elementbeing so formed yfrom one endto its middle as to receive a flange of a car wheel and guide the iange of the wheel laterally toward the rail with its tread disposedV on ya level with the rail, the element being so yformed from its other end to its middle as to engage and Vraise the tread of a wheel, bringing. the flange thereof level with the upper face of the rail and engage the flange to vforcey the fwheel laterally to permit the flange to roll overthe upperface of the rail, and a detachable guideway member disposable at either end of thel element` and having detachable engagement therewith.

3. Means lengthwise of and against a rail, theelement having substantially straight lateral-"face adapted tobear against but being jless in height than the side of a rail, the element being soformed from one end to its middle as to receive a flange of a car wheel and guide the ange of the wheel ylaterally towardfthe vrail with its tread disposed onY a level with ythe rail, the elementbeing so formed VVfrom its other end toits middle as to engage and raise the tread of a wheel, bringingV the flange thereof level with the'upper face-,ofthe rail and enga-ge the flange to force the wheel laterally lto permit' the flange to roll 'over the upper face of the rail, and a detachable guideway member disposable `at either end of the` element, the opposite ends of the element heilig cu't away to permit the inner'end of `'the guide-wayto rest upon thel upper face of vthis cut-away portion, the guide-way member and the v,element v`at opposite lends,V being forn'iedone with recesses andthe other .with

tenons to engage in said recesses,'the recesses being larger'than the tenons'wherebyto permit the Vguide-way-member to be swung laterally. Y Y

l. Means for rerailingcar wheels comprising an velement `adapted to be disposed Y for .rerailing-car wheels com-v prislngfan element adaptedv to be disposed lengthwise of and against a rail,'the element Y `being soformed from one end to its'rniddle as ,toV` receive a flange of a car'wlieel Vand guidetheiange of the wheel laterallytoward Vtherail with its tread disposed-,onza level with the' rail., the element being Aso formed from `'its' other endto its middlelfas to engage and` raise the treadfof .a'kfwheel, bringing the, flange-,thereof :level with the uppery faceofthe rail, and engage the flange" c with l a plurality of convergent channels,

that end of the guide-way member remote from the element being'wider than the end engaged with the element.

5. Means for rerailing car wheels comprising an element adapted to be disposed lengthwise of and against a rail, the element having its upper surface formed to provide a narrowV rail adjoining face, dened at its middle by a vertical shoulder, the shoulder defining one edge of the face which merges toward its ends into the first named face,

the outer edge of the second named face being defined by a shoulder extending laterally inward from the opposite ends of the element, the shoulder defining two upwardly and inwardly inclined faces, one of said faces having thereon a shoulder extending at an inward inclination from one end of the element to the middle thereof and defining an inner face adapted to receive the tread of a wheel and thereby lift the wheel as it rolls upward on the face to a position where the flange of the wheel will be level with or above the head of a rail.

6. Means for rerailing car wheels coinprising an element adapted to be disposed lengthwise of and against a rail,` the element having its supper surface formed to provide a narrow rail adjoining face, defined at its middle by a vertical shoulder, the shoulder dening one edge of the face which merges toward its ends into the first named face, the outer edge of the second named face being defined by a shoulder extending laterally inward from the opposite ends of the element, the shoulder defining two upwardly and inwardly inclined faces, one of said faces having thereon a shoulder extending at an inward inclination from one end of the element to the middle thereof and defining an inner face adapted toreceive the tread of a wheel and thereby lift the wheel as it rolls upward on the face to a position'where the flange of the wheel will be level with or above the head of a rail, and a detachable guide? pway member having one end adapted to be detachably engaged with either end of the element, the opposite end of the guideway member being wider'than the first named end, the upper face of the guide-way element having a plurality of guide-way channels.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my LAMMoN T. SEXE. 

